Day 1 of Event #38 ($2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Four-Handed) Has Come to a Close!
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After a total of 566 runners entered Event #38 ($2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Four-Handed) here at the 2013 World Series of Poker, the shorthanded action began in earnest, with multiway pots and positional three-bets becoming norm. With a full ten levels of play now in the books, only 64 players survived to bag and tag by the end of the night, with many notable names booking their seat for Day 2 tomorrow.
Among the pros to weave their way through the minefield known as Day 1 were Ivan Demidov (149,500), John Hennigan (68,400), John Juanda (67,200), Jon Turner (58,600), Faraz Jaka (31,200), and Maria Ho (24,900). Each will return tomorrow afternoon for a chance to reach a WSOP final table, win a gold bracelet, and pocket more than $300,000 in cash.
While these pros managed to survive the onslaught of action flops and four-bets brought on by the four-handed format, many of their peers were culled from the field during today's action. Daniel Negreanu, David Williams, Michael Mizrachi, Jennifer Tilly, Eugene Katchalov, Dan Kelly, Phil Laak, and Antonio Esfandiari were just a few of the notables to fall short here on Day 1, with the bustouts occurring at a steady clip throughout.
By the end of the evening, just a few eliminations stood between 64 fortunate players and a spot in the payouts list, and after a thirty minute period of hand-for-hand bubble play, Scott Baumstein knocked out the unfortunate bubble boy.
Nick Schwarmann will return as the Day 2 chip leader, having built a massive stack of 193,500 on, of all things, his birthday. Schwarmann will be looking to add a WSOP title to a poker résumé that already includes a victory Heartland Poker Tour.
Check back with PokerNews at 1:00 p.m. local time to follow all of the action, as the remaining 64 players take to sixteen tables, with the goal being to play their way to the Mothership main stage, and a shot at WSOP glory.
lying between Demidov and Mike Degilio. The native of Moscow had the last of his stack neatly divided and pushed forward, for an all-in bet of about 24,000. Degilio was seated directly to Demidov's right, and he stared intensely for over three minutes, searching for a read on the impassive Russian.
for the second nut flush. The other player winced when he saw the bad news, and Demidov began dragging the large pot his way.
tabled in front of him, and the board read 
flop, his opponent bet out for 5,100, and Schwarmann quickly called. Both players checked the turn (
) and river (
), and the two showed down.
for middle pair. The other player could only grin in acknowledgement, and his cards went into the muck.
for a busted flush draw, and he peered across the table to see what he had been called down with.
completed the board on the river, and Baker quickly pushed a stack forward while announcing himself all in for about 12,000.
had proven to be correct. "Yes!"
struck the river. Rose was able to triple up, but Thumy's aces were still better than Rast's kings, and the latter was eliminated close to the dinner break. Thumy now has about 34,000 while Rose is sitting pretty with 38,000.
, David "The Dragon" Pham check-called a bet of 700, and the 
hit the board on the turn.
completed the board on the river.
. After flopping a gutshot straight draw, Ho had improved to a double belly-buster draw on the turn, and the river fit her hand perfectly.